De or het specialist?
de specialist
specialist
/ˌspeː.ʃaːˈlɪst/
Article and plural
- Singular
- de specialist
- Plural (meervoud)
- de specialisten
- Diminutive
- het specialistje
Why de?
- No reliable spelling rule decides this one, so de specialist is learned together with the word.
- Every plural takes de, so it is de specialisten whatever the singular takes.
- Every diminutive takes het: het specialistje.
The rules for de and het, with the exceptions
Check the article of another noun
What de changes
| Singular | Plural | |
|---|---|---|
| this, these | deze specialist | deze specialisten |
| that, those | die specialist | die specialisten |
| which (the … that) | de specialist die … | de specialisten die … |
| our | onze specialist | onze specialisten |
Meaning in English
- specialist
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